Part 2 of 9 ------------------------- CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM FRAVEL AND SOPHIA HAAS/HASS 1. Sophie E. Fravel Born: 30 September 1819, Mt. Jackson, Shenandoah County, Virginia Died: 14 May 1885, La Porte County, Indiana Married: 18 January 1838 to Cousin JOHN B. FRAVEL JR. Burial: Patton Cemetery, La Porte County, Indiana JOHN B. FRAVEL JR., son of John B. Fravel Sr. & Mary Ann Gregory Born: 1814, Carolina Died: 1 March 1876, La Porte County, Indiana Members of First Methodist Church, La Porte County, Indiana --------- Source: History of the Descendants of John Hottel, by Rev W.D. Huddle B.S. and Lulu May Huddle taken from William Fravel Genealogy. John Bunyan Fravel Jr. in 1826, as young as he was, John Bunyan Fravel pushed out into the world for himself and learning the trade of Copper and tinsmith in his native state he journeyed to Maryland, living in that state for a short time. He then went to Woodstock, Virginia, and assisted Abraham Fravel in a store. In April 1835, he accompanied Abraham Fravel's family to Laporte, Indiana, and there married his oldest daughter, Sophia E. With the exception of one year in South Bend, Indiana, he spent the remainder of his life in LaPorte, Indiana. His educational advantages were limited, but his aptitude, energy and industry were such that he was a well educated man, noted for his general intelligence and ease and correctness of expression both with tongue and pen. He was a public spirited citizen and bore an active part in all enterprises of interest to the people. Though born and reared in a slave state, he was an anti-slavery man and became a Republican in Politics on the organization of the party. he was one of the leading merchants of LaPorte, a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and in 1840 held the office of school commissioner of the county, the duties of which office he discharged with ability and success. While at the breakfast table one morning he was stricken with paralysis which terminated his life in a few hours. NOTE: Since he was born in 1814, we don't believe for a minute that John Bunyan Fravel Jr. set out in the world in 1826 at the age of 12 years entirely on his own. He had to have a Guardian since his father died when he was very young and was probably ordered to be bind out to learn the above trades when the family was still living in the Carolinas. Hopefully someday someone will run across the county and court proceedings. --- La Porte County Indiana Marriages John B. Fravel to Sophia E. Fravel 18 January 1838 ---- 1840 Federal Census: Indiana La Porte County Page 140 John B. Fravel 1 male 20 and under 30 years of age, {John B. Fravel} 1 female 15 and under 20 years of age {Sophia E. Fravel} --- 1850 Federal Census: Indiana La Porte Township, La Porte County Enumerated 14 August 1850 Page 275A Lines 15-18, HH 314/327 John B. Fravel 36/Male/White/Merchant/$1500/SC Sophia E. Fravel 30/Female/White/VA Theophilus A. Fravel 6/Male/White/AttendedSchool/IN George R. Fravel 2/Male/White/IN ------- 1860 Federal Census: Indiana La Porte Township, La Porte County Enumerated 26 June 1880 Page 108 Lines 34-40, HH 918/868 John B. Fravel 46/Male/Merchant/--$6000/SC Sophia Fravel 40/Female/$1000/VA Theophidus Fravel 16/Male/AttendedSchool/IN George Fravel 11/Male/AttendedSchool/IN John L. Fravel 9/Male/AttendedSchool/IN {John Louis Fravel} Mary S. Fravel 6/Female/AttendedSchool/IN {Mary Sophia Fravel} Mary Duloy 47/Female/Ireland -------- 1870 Federal Census: La Porte Township, La Porte County Enumerated Date Not Stated Page 161A Lines 24-27, HH 793/868 John B. Fravel 55/Male/White/LifeInsuranceAgent/$4500-$600/NC Sophie E. Fravel 50/Male/White/KeepingHouse/VA Louie Fravel 19/Male/White/TelegraphOperator/IN {John Louis Fravel} Mary S. Fravel 16/Female/White/AtHome/AttendedSchool/IN --- 1880 Federal Census: Illinois Chicago, Ed 128, Cook County Enumerated 4 June 1880 Page 464A Lines 9-12, HH 107/83/116 N. Oakley Street John L. Fravel White/Male/27/Married/Bookkeeper/IN/SC/VA Eva M. Fravel White/Female/24/Wife/KeepingHouse/IL/Maine/Maine Ethel Fravel White/Female/5/Dau/AtHome/IN/IN/IL SOPHIA E. FRAVEL White/Female/61/Mother/Widowed/VA/VA/VA ---- The Porter County Vidette Friday, 21 May 1885 Page 5, Column 1 MRS. JOHN B. FRAVEL Mesdames S. L. Bartholomew and W. A. Bryant went yesterday to La Porte to attend the funeral of Mrs. John B. Fravel. Messrs. Bartholomew and Bryant went today. The deceased was a sister of Mrs. Bartholomew. NOTE: Mrs. John B. Fravel would be Sophia Fravel, Mrs. Bartholomew was Eusabia Fravel and Mrs. Bryant was Eusabia's daughter Alla Lucinda Bartholomew. -------- 1880 Federal Census: Illinois Chicago, Ed 128, Cook County Enumerated 4 June 1880 Page 464A Lines 9-12, HH 107/83/116 N. Oakley Street John L. Fravel White/Male/27/Married/Bookkeeper/IN/SC/VA Eva M. Fravel White/Female/24/Wife/KeepingHouse/IL/Maine/Maine Ethel Fravel White/Female/5/Dau/AtHome/IN/IN/IL SOPHIA E. FRAVEL White/Female/61/Mother/Widowed/VA/VA/VA ---- The Porter County Vidette Friday, 21 May 1885 Page 5, Column 1 MRS. JOHN T. FRAVEL {Should be B not T} Mesdames S. L. Bartholomew and W. A. Bryant went yesterday to La Porte to attend the funeral of Mrs. John B. Fravel. Messrs. Bartholomew and Bryant went today. The deceased was a sister of Mrs. Bartholomew. ---- NOTE: In the above article, Mrs. John B. Fravel would be Sophia Fravel, Mrs. Bartholomew was Eusabia Fravel and Mrs. Bryant was her daughter Alla Lucinda Bartholomew. ------------------------------------------ CHILDREN OF SOPHIA E. FRAVEL AND JOHN B. FRAVEL JR. 1. Theophilus Fravel 2. George R. Fravel 3. John Louis Fravel 4. Mary Sophia Fravel Married three times} ------------------------------------------ TO BE CONTINUED: Researched and Submitted by Gloria Bushong